Record Number: 31183
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I knew that enlistment in the Navy was out of the question, because I had not the faintest hope of passing the eyesight test ... At last, while I was still itching with restlessless, I heard that there was a dearth of wireless operators in the Merchant Service ... I bought Hawkhead's text-book—in those days the classic of wireless telegraphy—and studied it industriously.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1914
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1898
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Clerk
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Handbook of Technical Instruction for Wireless Telegraphists
Genre:Textbook / self-education
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:31183
Source:Desmond Malone
Editor:n/a
Title:The Last Landfall
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:124-25
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Desmond Malone, The Last Landfall, (London, 1936), p. 124-25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31183, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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